Volunteering has a lot of upsides and few downsides to it. \u00a0It is a great way to meet new people when moving to a new town, or just finally getting out and about after living in it for some time, and the people you meet are generally pretty cool. \u00a0If you are looking for an opportunity to get out and volunteer your time for a good cause, there are options here in Nagoya.<\/p>\n
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The Nagoya Walkathon and International Charity Festival is a foreign organized charity event started in 1991 in Nagoya. \u00a0It is held annually on a Sunday in May this event is sponsored by the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) and Nagoya International School (NIS). Its main purpose is to join the international community with Japanese friends and companies in raising money for local orphanages and charities.<\/p>\n
Information can be obtained by contacting the ACCJ Chubu Office<\/strong><\/p>\n Website \u00a0www.chubuwalkathon.com<\/a> Santa and Friends Nagoya has been helping orphans in Nagoya for\u00a09 years. \u00a0Focusing on 5 local Nagoya orphanages, the concept of SFN was\u00a0first to celebrate Christmas, spread a little holiday cheer, and bring a few smiles to many children\u2019s and volunteer\u2019s faces. Every year over 100 volunteers, and sponsors help bring together\u00a0250+ orphans from 5 different orphanages\u00a0for an amazing full day Christmas celebration extravaganza. Christmas games, magicians, musicians, story-telling, interactive activities, crafts and cookie decorating are just a few of the activities offered to the children.<\/p>\n While the Christmas event is the key event, from 2011 they became more involved and interactive with the orphanages to develop closer relationships with the children by\u00a0organizing, assisting with, and carrying out a number of activities with the kids at each orphanage each and every month. \u00a0Activities include:\u00a0Summer barbecues, beach trips, English classes, sporting events, dancing, yoga, arts and crafts, camping, and ski trips are regular events, as are events and support requested by the individual orphanages themselves. \u00a0They do what needs to be done, and they do it in a way that is fun and rewarding for everyone involved.<\/p>\n Information can be obtained by contacting \u00a0Santa and Friends<\/strong><\/p>\n Website\u00a0www.santaandfriendsnagoya.com HOPE-JP is part of the HOPE network, which raises compassion for families in the developing world across 9 different countries, including Canada. By partnering with people around the world, HOPE works towards eradicating extreme poverty through sustainable development and helping families achieve self-reliance.<\/p>\n Since its founding in 2001, HOPE-JP has been working with residents of Japan to assist the families in developing countries. In order to realize this, we also focus on furthering understanding within Japan about the effectiveness of sustainable development in addressing needs in the developing world.<\/p>\n Information can be obtained by contacting \u00a0HOPE – JP\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Website\u00a0www.hope.or.jp<\/a> Volunteering has a lot of upsides and few downsides to it. \u00a0It is a great way to meet new people when moving to a new town, or just finally getting out and about after living in it for some time, and the people you meet are generally pretty cool. \u00a0If you are looking for an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,140],"tags":[156,83,142],"class_list":["post-1958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nagoya-2","category-volunteering","tag-accj","tag-aichi-prefecture","tag-volunteer"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51155,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958\/revisions\/51155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPhone 052-229-1525
\nEmail\u00a0chubu [at] accj [dot] or [dot] jp<\/a>
\nFacebook Page<\/a>
\nTwitter Page<\/a><\/p>\nSanta and Friends Nagoya<\/h2>\n
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Santa and Friends Nagoya has been caring for Nagoya’s orphans, and providing an opportunity for people to participate in volunteer activities and make friends in Nagoya for 9 years. \u00a0If you like children and have been looking for some way to give back, this may be your best opportunity in Nagoya! (and the simplest to get started with, since it is year round, continuous, and there are no real requirements to helping out!)<\/p>\n
\nPhone 052 783 1817
\nEmail santaandfriendsnagoya(at)gmail.com
\nFacebook Page<\/a><\/p>\nHOPE International Development Agency Japan<\/h2>\n
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HOPE International Development Agency\u2019s vision is to extend compassion to the neglected poor.<\/p>\n
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